Variable transmission



Oct.2 6, 1943. E MQFFITT I 2,332,588

VARIABLE TRANSMISSION Filed Oct. 7, 1940 Y 5 sheets sheet 1 I fill/672 1 87 Zl/z'll'z'cznz, E W12 Oct. 26, 1943. w. E. MOFFITT VARIABLE TRANSMISSION Filed Oct. 7, 1940 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 .nh hh s a Nb Nu mh W. E. MOFFlTT -'VARIABLE TRANSMISSION Oct. 26', 1943.

s Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Oct. 7, 1940 Patented Oct. 26, 1943 2,332,588," VARIABLE mliivsmssron William E. Moiiitt, Muncie, na. assignor to Borg- Warner Corporation, Chicago, Hit, a corporation of Illinois Application October 7, 1940, Serial No. 359,987

12 Claims. (Cl. 74-290) This invention relates to variable speed trans-' missions,.and particularly to such transmissions wherein a change from one speed to another may be effected without causing the driven shaft to he completely disconnected from the driving shaft for any substantial time interval.

For purposes of illustration this invention will be described with reference to a transmission which is to be used in connection with an airplane engine. Such engine are not provided with fly-wheels, but are dependent upon the associate propeller for supplying the necessary flywheel action. It is imperative in such cases that there be a connection between the propeller and engine shaft at all times to avoid stalling the engineer the "wind-milling" of the propeller.

- It is well hiown that with-a constant pitch propeller, an airplane equipped with a light engine must be provided with considerable wing area in order that the low power developed by the engine may be sumcient to lift the plane off the ,ground. This is due to the fact that the engine is so loaded at the start by the propeller that it cannot rotate at the speed at which it develops maximum horse power. An airplane with a large wing area, however, cannot travel at a very high speed when it levels oif in the air, because of the resistance or drag of the large wings; In order to make a light engine suflice in a plane with relatively smaller wing area, it is necessary to alter the speed ratio between the engine and propeller so that the engine will be permitted to rotate at a higher speed than the propeller at the take-ofi and thus develop its maximum power. It is accordingly an object of this invention to provide an improvedspeed-reducing transmission, which does not allow the driven shaft to be completely disconnected from the driving shaft for any appreciable time, thus rendering it suitable for use in an air plane.

Another object of this invention is to provide a variable transmission wherein the drive in direct is a positive drive. 7

Another object of this invention is to provide a transmission of the variable speed type, wherein an improved positive clutch is used, which eliminates back-lash, thereby eliminating hammerin'g action upon the driven clutch element which is caused by excessive vibration in the driving element.

Another object of this invention is to provide improved controls for a variable speed transmission, which are such that the release of one clutching element automatically and immedithe transmission, taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the clutch elements of the transmission, the view being taken I along line M of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a section through the clutch element of Fig. 4, taken along line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

, Fig. 6 is a ection through a portion of the clutch element of Fig. 4, taken along line 6-6 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary elevation partly in section of the transmission, howingthe details of the control valve for the mechanism;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary side elevation of the control valve of Fig. '7, taken along the line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a section through the valve and associated housing of Fig. 7, taken along the line 9-9 of Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary. view of the exterior of the casing showing the control for the valve;

Fig. 11 is an exploded view of two of the elements of the clutch of Fig. 4: and

Fig. 12 is a fragmentary rear elevation of a portion of the clutch operating mechanism, taken along the line I 2-42 of Fig. 2.

The invention may be described briefly as a two-speed transmission; wherein a positive clutch of the dog type is provided to connect the driving and driven shafts together for direct drive, and wherein suitable gearing is provided which, with the assistance of a roller and cam device, is effective to transmit the torque at a reduced speed when, the positive clutch is disconnected. The positive clutch is of the self-synchronizing type. and is provided with means for preventing the engagement of the interfltting parts except when a reversal of torque takes place. The dogs are normally resiliently biased to engaged position, and are disengaged by a fluid operated motor. A novel coaction is provided between the pelier'2i. upon engine 20 and is of rather small diameter being provided with'long splines 34 drlvenshaft fluid motor and the roller and cam device, whereby radial thrust produced by the rollers is taken by the fluid motor, and at the same timethe rotation of one of the gears in the gear set is arrested.

' Referring to the drawings now for a detailed description of the invention, and particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, 20' represents a gasoline engine which may be one of those falling into the classiflcation of light; engines," that -is a 4-cylinder engine or the, equivalent, developing in the neighborhood of 50 horse-power. I wish it clearly understood, howeve that the" invention is not limited to engines oi this size, but can be used to, advantage, with practically any aircraft ongine, the "light engines" being used here merely,

for purpose of illustration. A propeller 2! of the fixedpi'wh typeis 'to be driven by engine 20, and the improved variable speed transmission 22 is inserted between engine 20 and propeller 2| to provide a low ratio and a direct drive for pro- Transmission 22 is bolted directly so that it can e made to flt conveniently within the cowling usually provided for airplane engines.

assausa driven shaft 3| and takes the reaction of nut Y I!" on the end of driven shaft 3|. A single nut therefore serves to hold the propeller hub and sun gear in their proper places on driven shaft 3|. The positive means for locking the drive shaft to the driven shaft is of the radially movable dog and windowed drum type. Drum 25 is-thus provided with substantially rectangular windows 42 which are axially aligned with radially movable dogs 43. Said dogs 43 are supported on, and rotatable with, an annular plate 44 which is riveted to carrier 30 and forms a part thereof.

The details of construction of the dogs are more clearly shown in Figs. 3 to 6 and 11, to which figures reference is now made.

Dogs 43 are in the formof rectangular bloclrs of steel which are radially disposed on plate 44 and are .adapted to move radially outward to The transmission 22 is shown in greater detail I m Fig. 2 to which attention is now directed. En-

gine shaft 23 projects into housing 24 of'transmission 22 and isboltedto a drum-'25, a portion of which is formed with internal teeth'to constitute a ring gear 28. Meshing with ring gear 26 are three planet gears 21 which, in turn', mesh with a centrally located sun gear 28. Planet ears 21 are-mounted upon axles 29 which are supported upon a carrier flange 30 integral with a driven shaft 3|. Said shaft 3| is piloted at its right-handend 32 (Fig. 2) in engine shaft 23 and extends outwardly in the opposite direction through the transmission, its extending end 33 is'keyed a propeller hub35.

' 1 1. It may be stated at this point that. since 811-.

plane-engines are made as light as possible and ar therefore supplied with less fly-wheel mass thanmight be desirable for a smooth flow of power, t1; impulses imparted to driven shaft 3! upon which v through carrier '30 are considerable, For this.

. reason, carrier-30 and driven shaft 3| are made as a single forging thereby eliminating the spllned connection between the carrier and shaft and'the possibility of a failure of the spline by reason of the excessive hammer of the engine.

,It will be apparent that if carrier 30 and drum 25 are connected-together non-rotatably a direct drive. is eiiecte'd between drive shaft 23 and driven-shaft 3|. the other hand, if sun gear 221s held against rotation and the rigid connecdrum 25 and carrier 30 is broken, 3| will rotate at a reduced speed with respect toengine shaft 23 thereby permittion between ting-1:11; ngine to rotate at ahl herspeed than the propeller.

Sun gear 281s in the form of a collar which isqfreeiy rotat'ahle on driven shaft 3|. Between sun gear 28 propeller hub 36v are :spacer sleeve 36, ball race 31. and another spacer sleeve extend into the axialiy aligned windows 42 on drum 25. The dogs are located in'lugs 45 which may be integral with plate 44, the lugs being provided with radial slots 46 in which the dogs are received. A cover'plate 41 is bolted to lugs 45 and prevents dogs 43 from moving axially out -of-slots 46. Each plate 41 is provided with a radially inwardly extending tongue 48 the inner end of which is bent to form a pair of ears 49 positioned in a plane at right angles with the axis of the associated dog. To ears 49 are fas-- tened cylindrical projections 50 which serve to center a pair of dog-actuating compression springs 5|.

The outer region of each dog 43 is pierced by'a tightly fitting pin 52 which extends symmetrically from the sides of the dog. The extended ends of the pin have their inner surfaces flattened to provide bearing surfaces 53 -fo1 '.the opposite ends of compression springs it. Thus each dog 43 is continuously biased radially out-.

wardly toward windows 42 in drum 25 by springs 5|. This is true whether or not the carrier 30 is rotating so that the radial movement of the dogs is not dependent upon centrifugal force.

In order to prevent the abrupt engagement of a'dog with a window the outer surface 54 of each dog is chamfered so that the dog will merely tend'to ratchet over the windowsuntil the dogs and windows rotate at the same speed,

whereupon a slight relative movement between the dogs and windows will cause the dogs to enter the nearest windows and effect a connection between the drum 25 and carrier 3|].

38; A'thrust washer 39 is pinned, to the righthand end (Fig. 2) of' sun gear as and serves to maintain a proper spacing between carrier 30 and the sungear'. A second thrust washer 40" is pinned to the opposite end of the sun gear and serves to limit movement of the geartow'ard the propeller. Spacer 38- is provided with a shoulder 4I which abuts a stepped portion of:

. It was stated previously that due to the low mass of the driven elements associated with the engine and the low number ,of cylinders generally usedin light engines the vibrations coca-1 sloned by the firing of the cylinders arev very great. In a positive clutch of the type described,

excessive vibration results in a hammering action upon the driven elements because of the unavoidable back-lash which exists between the clutch-- is shown at 55 and the cooperating oblique'surface on the window is shown at 56. These surfaces are the trailing surfaces, the driving surfaces 51 and 53 on the dog and window respectively being substantially parallel to the axis of;

the dog so that the driving force will not have any tendency to withdraw the dog from the window when .it is intended to be engaged. The driving action will of course be transmitted to the opposite oblique surfaces to some extent,"but due to the peripheral spacing between the driving and oblique surfaces, the line of thrust willtorque takes place betweenthe dogs and windows whereuponthe blocking element is moved out of the way and dogsfit then spring into the nearest windows. The blocking element is in the form of a segment 59 of a ring (Fig. 11) having a relatively wide slot 60 on one side thereof and' -a narrower slot 6i within slot 60.

Slot ti is wide enough to accommodate the outer end of dog t3, and slot 6% is slightly wider than lug on carrier plate M. Said segment 59 is disposed between drum 25 and the outer surface of lug it, the latter being provided with agroove B2 to receive the blocker segment. Groove 62. is just wide enough to accommodate the portion of segment 59 included within the walls of slot Ell so that the extremities of segments 59 are too wide to enter groove 62. Since slot 69 is slightly wider than lug &5, segment 59 is free to move through a small distance relative to lug 15.. This provides the segment with at least two positions that it may assume relative to the lugs. In one of the positions inner slot 6! is aligned with dog Q3 and offers no. obstacle to the outward movement of the dog. In the other position, slot til is not aligned with dog 33 and accordingly the dog cannot move past the blocker to engage drum 25.

The relative movement between segment 59 and lug 415 is provided by the force of friction between outer surface 63 on the segmentand the inner surface of drum 25. This-force of friction is augmented by means of balls t l located in drilled openings 65 in lugs 35 and pressed radial ly outward by compression springs 65.

K The operation of the blocker is as follows:

When dogs are withdrawn and relative movement exists between drum 25 and carrier plate id, the force of friction between segment 59 and drum 25 will cause the segment to move peripherally relative to lug $5 a distance permitted by the length of slot 6i]. This peripheral movement is sufiicient to cause slot ti to move over out of -registry with dog 13 and thereby effecting a blocking of the radial movement of the dog'. When the power is shut ofi or reduced so that drum 25 tends to slow down, the momentum of the load on the driven shaft will cause the carrier and its associated lugs 85 to slow downless quickly so that a point is reached where drum 25 begins to rotate at a lesser speed than lug 55. At this pointthere is arelative reversal of torque between the drum 25 and lug 35 which tends to move segment 59 in the opposite direction. Just as soon as it has moved in the opposite direction'sufficiently to uncover dog t3, the latter- 86 secured to plate Ml.

will be freed and will move into engagement with one of the windows.

The means for arresting the rotation of sun gear 28 to establish a reduced drive is a one-way brake which is shown in Fig. 2. Casing 24 is provided at its forward and inner end with a plurality of internal teeth 61 which engage external teeth 68 on a collar 69. Said collar 69 is provided with cam surfaces i0 which are similar to those found in a roller type of one-way clutch. The forward end of sun gear 28' is formed with external splines H with which are engaged internal splines, I? of a drum 13. said drum 13 overhangs collar-69 and is provided at its extremity with a friction surface 14 spaced from cams EB. Between the cam surfaces i0 and friction surface M- are located a plurality of rollers 75.

The direction of inclination of cam surfaces ill is such that drum l3 and its connected sun gear 28 cannot rotate reversely with relation to drive shaft 23, but can rotate in the same direc-" tion as the drive shaft.

The releasing means for the direct drive or lock-up clutch will now be described. It will-be remembered that dogs 33 are normally biased to engaged position by springs 5i, and therefore no engaging means is necessary for the clutch. To disengage the clutch it is necessary to overcome not only the force of engaging spring 5!! but also several other forces such as centrifugal force, the force of friction between the oblique surfaces 55' and 56 and the torque load that might exist at the instant of release. Such a releasing force near the lower ends thereof into which one arm' of bell crank '06 extends. The other arm of bell crank it is adapted to be engaged by an annular plate 19 which is spaced axially from carrier plate i li. On the opposite side of plate if-l from bell crank it is an annular piston which ismovable axially toward plate 79 by fluid pressure in chamber 8!; Between piston till and plate W is a ball thrust bearing 62; Thus, when it is de-.

siredto release the direct drive clutch, fluid under pressure is admitted to chamber ill to cause .piston 8D to move to the right (Fig. 2). This movement causes plate 79 to move toward bell crank it and eventually causes said crank to rotate in a clockwise direction. The arm of bell crank lit which engages dog it will then be moved in such a manner as to withdraw dog it from windowed drum 25 and release the clutch.

Plate it is supported from plate M by means of atelescoping connection comprised of a pin 83 secured to plate 719 and projecting into a tube A compression spring 85 serves to maintain plate J9 against bearing 82.

' Spring 85 also serves to eliminate rattles between Bl outward when it is desired to release the direct drive clutch. q

The fluid is contrtilled by the mechanism shown in Figs. 1, '7, 8, 9 and 10.) In the apparatus disclosed, the fluid is taken from the lubricating 'oil' vide a passage-way 9| to chamber 8i. 'Passageq way 9| is expanded in. the space between an inlet passage-way 92 communicating with tube and lined (with a cylindrical liner 93. A cylindrical valve 94 is inserted in liner 99 and controls the flow of oil into 'and out of chamber 9|. Said valve 94 is provided with a chamber 95 which is always in communication with passage-way 9| leading into cylinder iii. A side opening 99,

when in registry with an outlet passage 91, per-' mits the fluid to escape from chamber iii to relieve the pressure behind piston 90. Another side opening 90, when in regist with inlet passage-way 92, causes chamberv l to be in communication with tube 81 containing the oil under pressure. Side openings 96 and 98 are so arranged that when one is in registry with its passage-way, the other passage-way is blocked off. Suitable packing means 99 are provided to prevent an oil leak past the valve. The valve is controlled by an arm I00 which may be connected by meansof a Bowden wire (not shown) to the instrument panel of the airplane. A spring IOI always maintains the valve in. its released position, that is, in the position in which oil' from chamber 8| is vented through passage-way 91 'to casinz 24.

r Excess oil is returned to engine 20 through an aperture I02 at the bottom of casing 24 and a passage-way I09 which connects aperture I02 with the oil reservoir in engine 20.

It will be noted that because of the bell shape of.drum l9v which serves to stopythe rotation ofsun gear 28, the radial force exerted by rollem 15 upon friction surface 14 may tend to. expand the drum to a considerable extent. A feature .of this invention contemplates providing a support for drum 13 by which the radial reaction of rollers 15 is taken.- The means for accomplishing this result comprise conical friction surfaces'l04 and I on piston -80 and drum II. respectively, which are engaged' when piston" is moved to the right (Fig. 2) to disengage dogs 49 from windowed drum 25. A plate I06 (Fig. 12)

vide d with keys piston'90.

f In addition to providing additional support for I the radial thrust imposed by rollers 19, cooperat- I ing surfaces I04 and I0! also constitute a brake for arresting the rotation of sun gear 20. V

. Although the operation of the several portions of the transmission have been decribed briefly elsewhere in the'speciflcation, the operation of the transmission as a whole will now be detailed.

, It is apparent that the transmissionis essentially avariablespeed transmission'which in the illustration. given hereinabove comprises a direct drive and a reduced drive. Valve 94 is normally set to. release thepressure behind piston 80 and thereby permit dogs 43 toen ase windows 42. The direct drive clutch will normallybe engaged and drive shaft 23 will drivedrivehishaft 3| and itsa-ssociated propeller. hub 34 and propeller 2i at the same speed. ;-y when a reduced "speed is rigidly secured to casing 24 and is pro-.

I01 which fit into slots I00 in 9,882,688 e I v desired. as for-example when taking oil, the pilot I rotates valve 94 through 90, thereby cutting off communicationwith outlet passage 91 and connecting' theoil pressure tube 01 with chamber 5 3|. This causes piston 00 to move to the right (Fig. 2). thereby moving annular plate 19 with it against the action of springs 85 until plate I9 strikes bell crank 19. Further movement in the same direction causes bell crank I0 to rotate about its pivot. withdrawing dogs 43 from their windows 42 against the action of engaging springs H. The instant that dogs 43 are no longer in contact with drums 2! the load on driven shaft 9| causes the shaft andits associated carrier 90 and planet pinions 21 to rotate more slowly than drive shaft 29, whereupon sun gear 28 will tend to rotate still more slowly and may even stop and rotate in a reverse direction. The rfo- ,tation of.sun.'gear 29, however. will be arrested by brake surfaces I04 and I0! and further slowing up of driven .shaft 3| will then cause sun gear 28 definitely to tend to rotate in a reverse direction. This reverse-rotation, however, cannot take place because of the action of one-way gear held stationary,- planet pinions 21 will drive carrier 90 and its associated shaft ii .at I

a reduced speed with respect to drive shaft 22. This condition will obtain as long as valve 09 is conditioned for reduced speed drive. When direct drive is to be resumed, the valve is released and its spring [M will restore it to its normal position, that is, the position wherein brake u, s which holds sun gear 28. With sun chamber 0| is vented and pressure is removed I At such time, 'however the drum is rotating faster ,than the carrier and blocker segments 59. will bemoved over tpa position where notch BI is not in registry. with dog 42, in this manner preventing the engagement-of dogs 49 with windows 42. At this point the engine will be slowed down by releasing-the throttle While the propeller, driven shaft 9| and carrier 30 'will tend to to rotate at substantially the same speed. when the speed 'of the drum'falls slightly. below the speed of the carrier '30 so that there is a relative reversal of torque between the two, blocker segments i9 will be moved in the opposite direction as to align .notch with dog, whereupon outward radial movement of the dogs w'ill completed and the dogs will engage theirrespective windows 42 in the drum to establishdirect drive between drive shaft 23 and driven walla-fin I Whlle operating in direct. drive, the'wedge fit effected bysloping surface will preventthe dogs fromrattling and becoming worn out;pre-

,g maturely through the constant hammer against as thedrum.

It will be noted that brake surfaces lomosnot only arrest the rotation of sun gear 29 Just prior to theresumption of drive through th reduced ratio but they also perform thejimportant function of taking the coast loadorthe propeller so that the latterWill not be completely disconnected from the engine. aThe coast load tends to rotate sim gear 22 ms forward direction at! the rollers 'Ii.a'nd if this forward reaction were 76 not taken by friction surfaces I 04-, I05, the pro- 2,332,588 .peller and engine would be disconnected, thus depriving the engine of a flywheel and-allowing the propeller to windmilP'freely. The coast load is not as large as the power load and hence may be taken by a friction brake.

It is understood that the foregoing description is merely illustrative of a preferred embodiment of the invention and that the scope of the invention, therefore, is not to be limited thereto but is to be determined by the appended claims.

Iclaim: I 1. A transmission comprising a drive shaft, a driven shaft, a drive gear driven by the drive shaft, a gear drivingly connected to the driven shaft and adapted to be driven from the drive gear, means associated with the driven gear for providing a fulcrum; for torque multiplication, positive locking means for-connecting the driving and driven shafts for rotation in unison, said last-mentioned means being continuously biased to operative position, and means on said positive locking means for preventing the operation of said locking means until the driving and driven shafts. are rotating at substantially the same speed. v

2. A transmission comprising'a drive shaft, a i

driven shaft, a drive gear driven by the drive shaft, a gear drivingly connected to the driven shaft and adapted tobe driven from the drive gear, means associated with. the driven gear for providing a fulcrum for torque multiplication, positive locking means for connecting the driving and driven shafts for rotation at the same speed, resilient means biasing the last-mentioned means to locking position and means on the locking means for preventing-the operation of said look.- ing means until the driving and driven shafts are rotating at the same speed.

3. A transmission comprising a drive shaft, a driven shaft, a drive gear driven by the drive shaft, a gear drivingly connected to the driven shaft and adapted to be driven from the drive gear, means associated with the driven gear for providing a fulcrum for torque midtiplipation, positive locking means for connecting the driving and driven shafts for rotation at the same speed, said last-mentioned means being continuously potentially operative, means associated with said first and second means whereby said first-mew tioned means is permitted automatically to 'op-' erate. when the second-mentioned means is renderecl inoperative, and means on the last-mentioned means cooperatively related with the first mentioned means to assist in providing the fulcrum fortorque multiplication.

a. A transmission comprising a drive shaft, a

driven shaft, a drive gear driven by the drive shaft, a gear drivingly connected to the driven shaft and adapted to be driven from the drive gear, means associated with the driven gear for the ring and sun gears; a carrier for the planet plnions connected to the driven shaft, clutch means for directly connecting the driving and driven shafts together, powermeans for controlling the clutch, and means associated with the power means and sun gear to arrest the retation of the sun gear when the power means is' -operated.

6. A transmission. comprising a-drive shaft, a driven shaft, a ring gear connected to the drive shaft, a sun gear, planet pinionsmeshing with the ring and sun gears, a carrier for the planet pinions connected to the driven shaft, clutch means for connecting the driving and driven alter the speed ratio therebetween, a clutch for connecting the shafts for direct drive, said clutch comprising a Windowed drum driven by the drive way brake for preventing reverse rotation of the 5. A transmission comprising a drive shaft, a

driven shaft, a ring gear connected to the drive shaft, a sun gear, planet pinions meshing with shaft, radially movable dogs adapted to extend into the windows, a support for the dogs rotatable with the driven shaft, an annular plate ax ially spaced from the dogs, power means movable axially and adapted to move the plate toward the dogs, an axially telescoping support for the plate mounted on the rotatable dog support,

resilient means continuously urging the platetoward the power means, resilient means continuously urging the dogs radially outwardly, and pivoted levers mounted on the rotatable dog support gearing comprising a ring gear connected to the drive shaft, a sun geanplanet pinions meshing with thesun and ring gears, a planet pinion carrier connected to the driven shaft, and a. onesun gear.

9.A transmission as described in claim 7, said power means comprising a casing having an annular chamber, an axially movable piston in the chamber, a source of oil under pressure,

and amanually controlledwalve for admitting the oil under pressure into the chamber and for venting said chamber.

10. A transmission as described in claim/'7, .-said gear comprising a ring gear connected to movable piston in the chamber, a sourc of oil under pressure, and a manually controlled valve for controlling the oil pressure in the chamber; and friction means on the piston and one-way brake for assisting in arresting the rotation of the sun gear and also serving to take the radial reaction of the rollers on the cams.

11. A transmission comprising a drive shaft, a driven shaft, a drive gear driven by the drive shaft, a gear drivingly connected to the driven shaft and adapted to be driven from the drive gear, means associated with the driven gear for driving and 6 I providing a fulcrum for torque multiplication to establish a connection between the driving and driven shafts at one ratio, positive locking means .for establishing a connection betweenthe driving and driven shafts at a diflerent ratio, said last--- 'mentioned means being continuously biased to operative position, and means on said positivelocking means for preventing the operation oi said locking means until the driving and driven shafts are rotating at substantially the diiferent ratio.

12. A transmission comprising a drive shaft, a

' driven shaft, a drive gear driven by the drive shaft, a gear drivingly connected to the driven shaft and adapted to be driven tram-the drive gear, means associated with the driven gear 101' I providing a fulcrum for torque multiplication to establisha connection between the driving and driven shafts atone ratio, positive locking means for establishing a connection between the driv ing and driven shafts at a diflerent ratio,- resiiimt' means biasing the locking means to locking position, and means on said positive locking mean! for preventing the operation of said locking means until the driving and driven shafts are rotating at substantially the diflerent ratio;-

WILLIAM E. Mom'rr. .f 

